Tsunami Events and Lessons Learned: Environmental and Societal Significance 2014 Edition Contributor(s): Kontar, Y. a. (Editor), Santiago-Fandiño, V. (Editor), Takahashi, T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9400772688 ISBN-13: 9789400772687 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Disasters - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Life Sciences - Marine Biology |
Dewey: 551 |
Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.9" (1.65 lbs) 467 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami events). The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast and lessons learned as well as environmental and societal impacts of the latest tsunamis that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the Pacific Ocean in Japan 2011.
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